US President Donald Trump has approved the dispatch of US troops to Saudi Arabia to bolster its air and missile defence.

While US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described the recent drone and missile attack allegedly by Iran on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia an "act of war", President Donald Trump stopped short of endorsing this description, presumably to keep all his options open.  

His Majesty King Abdullah’s visit to Berlin on Tuesday for talks with German president Frank-Walter Steinmeir and Chancellor Angela Merkel was a special occasion to discuss urgent issues facing the Middle East, especially on the Palestinian front and regarding the recent flare-up

Now that the Israeli elections are over with no decisive victory gained by either Benny Gantz, the leader of the Blue and White party, or the incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, eyes are focused on which party leader will form the next government.Yet one thi

Israelis went to the polls on Tuesday to settle a score about the political future of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he failed to form a government in the wake of the last elections held only five months ago.Netanyahu never stopped raising the stakes durin

The drone attacks by the Houthis on Saturday targeting the world's largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia that disrupted up to half of the oil supply from the Aramco-operated facility is certainly a game changer not only for the four-year war in Yemen, but also for the e

When His Majesty King Abdullah received the US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker last Thursday he told him what is on the minds of all Jordanians and, indeed, all Arab people: That it is important to unite international effor

Military strategists now say that the advent of the drone has changed the military landscape in the Middle East, and made the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict even more complicated.It is now possible for any person or group to strike at their enemies with relative e

Prime Minister Omar Razzaz came in crystal clear and strong in a recorded statement to the country, but especially to teachers, carried by the Jordan Radio and Television Corporation on Tuesday on the stalemate in the teachers’ controversy.The Prime Minister may ha